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Jersey City Police Lieutenant's Cremation To Follow Saturday Funeral Mass
Ugolini died Tuesday evening, May 28. The 19-year department veteran, who was promoted to lieutenant six years ago this month, worked in the city's North District. Ugolini was an alumnus of Jersey City Medical Center and Ambucar EMS who "took pride in helping people by devoting her life to serving those in need," her obituary says. "She transported the first medical patient to the New Jersey Medical Center when it was relocated in 2004.
New luxury apartment building opens in Westfield
WESTFIELD – A new luxury apartment building has opened in the township. Rent starts at $4,300 at the building owned by Westfield-based company Adoni Property Group. The building's 40 rental units, including duplexes and penthouse duplexes with private rooftop terraces, range from 750 to 2,650 square feet. Each apartment, ranging from one bedroom to three bedrooms, has its own outdoor area.
NYC Taylor Swift tour guide wanted: "Ultimate Swifties" only
NEW YORK - "Welcome to New York, it's been waitin' for you!" Well, there's no Swiftie like a Big Apple Swiftie--one who understands just how critical NYC has been for Taylor Swift's career. From NYU, where she received her honorary doctorate in fine arts, or the Empire State Building, where...
Hudson Pride Center to open second location, this time in Union City, by year’s end
Hudson Pride Center is working on opening second location, this time in Union City, by the end of the year, according to Executive Director Elizabeth Schedl. Currently operating out of 3000 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 306, in Jersey City, the LGBTQ+ advocacy group is in the midst of a build out and design phase at 4428-30 Bergenline Ave. in Union City, Schedl told HCV.
Newark Board OKs 25-Unit Affordable Housing Project in North Ward
NEWARK — Plans for a five-story apartment building with 25 units and 14 parking spaces at 300-304 Garside Ave. in the North Ward got the Zoning Board of Admustment’s approval by a 5-2 vote on Thursday. All the units in the building will be priced for families with low and moderate incomes, Jennifer Carrillo-Perez, the attorney representing 300 Garside Management LLC, told the board. “It fundamentally serves the public good and promotes the general welfare, and what better use here than providing quality, new affordable housing – 100% affordable housing – on a vacant, dilapidated lot,” Carrillo-Perez, of...
Nurses preparing to strike over staffing levels
Nurses at three NJ hospitals authorize strike action as contract negotiations are set to end Friday. For the second time in a year, New Jersey nurses are preparing for a strike to protest hospital staffing levels they say are unsafe for patients and unfair to their colleagues who are leaving the workforce in droves because of burnout and frustration.
2 different New Jersey cities are dirtier than New York City, study says
NEW JERSEY - Living in the city is never as glamorous as you may think, especially when you find yourself in the dirtiest cities in the country!. That's the case for two cities in New Jersey that both cracked the Top 5 in a recent "Dirtiest Cities in America" study.
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